NFKB1, NFKB2, IRF1, and CXCR3 were specifically up-regulated in COVID-19, and CXCL10, STAT1, TLR4, and genes for class II HLA and immunoproteasome subunits were specifically up-regulated in influenza (Table S6). This evidence concerns the gene NFKB1 and COVID-19.